Will Oliver Stone’s Savages Flop?
Posted by Rande Iaboni on June 24, 2012 at 4:29 pm
In the midst of a handful of superhero films releasing this summer, one different kind of blockbuster will be coming to theaters very soon – the Oliver Stone film ‘Savages.’ This film has been one of my most anticipated films of the year for many reasons. For starters, it has a grand slam cast – Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro, and Salma Hayek. I mean everyone is bound to enjoy at least one member of that ensemble. But a solid cast does not always make a perfect film. Thankfully, this film actually LOOKS good. The first full-length trailer makes the film look edgy, sexy, and action-packed. Everything an Oliver Stone film should be.
So all the stars are aligned for a mega blockbuster hit right? Maybe not. Despite an all-star cast, legendary director, and a slick looking trailer, there is a still a big chance this film will flop. Why is that? For starters, Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch has not had a good year at all. He headlined two major blockbuster disasters this year – ‘John Carter’ and ‘Battleship’ were both critical and box office flops. Not just minor flops, these were astronomical money-losers. When you have two major movie bombs in a span of 10 weeks, it could mean the start of a bad pattern. Also, while Oliver Stone is undoubtedly a talented man, his latest attempts in directing haven’t been the most memorable. Since 2004 he has faced a number of critical and box office disappointments, including ‘Alexander,’ ‘World Trade Center,’ ‘W.’, and ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.’ Not all of these films were absolutely terrible, but they were nothing to write home about.
Hopefully I am way over-thinking this and ‘Savages’ will be everything I hope it will be and more. Obviously this is contingent on the film actually being good because word-of-mouth definitely helps in the box office department, so we will have to wait for early reviews to trickle in. But like I said, the film LOOKS good, and often times that’s more important to audiences.
What do you think Banters? Are Taylor Kitsch and Oliver Stone making you skeptical about this film? And will you be checking ‘Savages’ out opening weekend on July 6th?
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I won’t be checking out the film Friday.No offense to Taylor Kitsch but the only film I want to check out is The Amazing Spider-Man and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.Damn, I almost forgot Brave looks like another movie I’ve got to see, oh wait then there’s Medea: Witness Protection.I’m pretty booked.The movie Savages unfortunately is going to bomb this Friday.Here is my prediction as to what will happen in the box office this Friday.
The Amazing Spider-Man is going to take a giant piece of the pie, followed by Katy Perry then Brave will hold on strong and how can I forget the film in which 90% of the audience is female, the movie Magic Mike will be up their in the top five slot.Medea might be able to get a place at the table but if not then Savages will be up there but make only about 4 million dollars, no I should be more generous then that.
They’ll actually make 8 million in box office.By weekends end the critics will be jumping on Taylor Kitsch about the fourth box office bomb that he delivered.
I meant his third box office bomb not fourth.
I can’t believe that I forgot all about Ted who will be probably the second top movie in the box office which will leave the Savages on the outside looking in.
No, I won’t see it. I disagree. I didn’t think the trailer was all that enticing.
The film Savages harken’s back to the days of our primal urges of sex,orgies and violence.A decayed society where morals are loose as the women who crave the dangerous men.Predators hunting predators in the streets and the law abiding citizens become the casualty of war.Actress Blake Lively character tells us through the monologue that she has two lovers, as if in defiance to what many would consider inappropriate.
The film producers tries to entice us by leaking out information that the movie contains equal male nudity as it does female.Is this really the winning formula for an R rated movie such as this, which is going up against the PG 13 Amazing Spider-Man and all the other films that are more family friendly? No.All it does is reinforce the fact that all the film got for it is the sex and violence.
They are flaunting the nudity tidbits in our face, which is no difference then a prostitute putting out an ad on Craigslist.Why prostitute yourself to sell a film?
After seeing the numbers in the box office it appears that my first guess was closer to the actual amount of money the Savages movie made.I guessed $4 million at first and the actual amount was $5.6 million dollars.Another movie bomb on Taylor Kitsch’s resume.